Shipping container and gabbier



Sept. 12, 1939. F. A; MARX SHIPPING CONTAINER AND CLOSURE I Filed March 16, 1937' .lllllllllllllllll lyiNTOR. arx

Patented'Sept. 12, 1939 snIPPIrIG CONTAINEBLAND CARRIER Frank A. Marx. Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The Richardson Taylor-Globe Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 1c, 1937, Serial No. 131.1c'1 7 Claims. 01. 229-52) This invention relates to a shipping container and carrier.

An object of the invention is to provide a deviceof this kind which is equally useful for both 5 of the purposes indicated.

The blank is provided, adjacent its ends, with transverse score lines [3 and H and three central score lines i5, i6 and I1. Between the latter, two top sections 22 and 23 are disposed.

The container is erected into operative position 5\ Another object of the invention is the provision by attaching together, as suggested at l8 of such a device adapted to be formed of a single blank of material.

Another object is the formation of a device of this kind in which integral handle means may be formed, the handle having the advantages of unusual strength and of comfort to the user.

Another object is to provide a shipping container formed'of a single blank having interlockl ing parts, and which said parts are protected from direct pressure by the contents of-the coritainer.

Another object is to provide a container and carrier of the character indicated, adapted for 20 efilciency and simplicity both in manufacture and have heretofore been used but so far an effective disadvantage has been that' the carrying means" 40 provided have been weak and likewise uncomfortable to the hand.

These and similar disadvantages in pre-existing structures are obviated by the means of this invention.

45 With reference to the drawing, the present device contemplates the use of a blank 5 preferably formed of flexible material such as card board. The body of the blank may be rectangular and elongated as shown and at one end be proso-vided with a pair, of laterally projecting flaps 6 and I. Adjacent these 'fiaps a pair of ears 8 and 9 is formed. -Corresponding ears [0 andnil project laterally "oi the blank'adjacent the opposite end of the'latter. The extreme opposite J55 end oi the'jblank constitutes a flange l2.

(Figure 2), the flange l2 and the opposite end portion I 8 of the blank, whereby a bottom for the container is formed. .The blank is now further bent upon the score lines 13 and I4 for'forming the substantially parallel side walls and 2|.

A top for the container is provided by the portions of the blank between the central score lines l5 and II. In the conditions of the container as it is used for shipping purposes, the top is un- 15 v bent and substantially parallel to the bottom ofthe container, that is, the two sections 22 and 23, lie in a common plane.

The ends of the container are formed by the flaps and ears previously mentioned. The flaps 2o 6 and I ar turned upwardlyof the section I9 and the ears 8-9 and lllil. respectively, are inter: locked across the bottom of the container, in a manner well known. The interlocking of the ears is indicated in'dotted lines in Figure '2. .In this position the interlocked ears enclose the flaps 6 and I. It will be seen in Figure 2 that the endsthus'provided on the container extend only part way to the top of the container. 'It will further be seen that the flaps 6 and I extend'upo wardly within the container to a substantial height. As shown in Figure 2, said flaps areillustrated as extending to a height somewhat less than that of the interlocking ears but nevertheless of such height as to project above the interlooking portions of the ears, which portions are indicated in dotted lines. The latter characteristic is valuable for relieving pressure fromthe interior ofthe container upon said interlocked portions so that the latter do not tend to come I apart during use of the container either as a shipping medium or asa carrier, as will be later described.

It is to be notedthat the, .device as thus far described is particularly well adapted for s'hipping purposes. due to its durable construction and likewise because, due to its square shape, it permits of eflicient and stable stacking of the filled containers for shipment. v 5 The use of the container as a carrier will now be'described. "I'he top sections22 and 23 are each provided with a finger aperture 24 and 25 formed by striking out the tabs 26 and 21 from said top sections. Said tabs are, however,

hingedly connected with the associated apertures as at 28 and 29. When it is desired to modify the container for use as a carrier, the top of the container is bent up into arched formation along its central score line Hi, this movementbeing made possible due to the fact that the upper portiohs of the side walls 20 and 2!, above the ears and flaps formed at the ends of the container, may be flexed toward one another as shown in Figure 2. A handle for carrying the container may nowbe formed by pushing inwardly the .tabs 26 and 21 into the overlying relationship seen in Figure 2. It will be seen that the cross-sectional outline of the grip formed by said tabs and the'portions of the sections 22 and 23 whichlie between the finger apertures is triangular and rounded at the corners, making for strength, and comfort to the hand. a

The carton itself is adapted to be placed in a fiat collapsed position for shipment and storage.

' For this purpose, the flaps and ears forming the ends of the carton are left unbent and disposed in the same plane as the body of the carton, which may be doubled upon itself along the score line IS. The attachment of the flange 12 to the bottom section I9, is, of course, made permanent ger apertures, said top being adapted to be bent up along its score -line into arched formation whereby said apertures are brought into opposed relation to form a carrying handle;

- 2. A shipping container and carrier comprising a bottom, a pair of opposed side walls, a top,

a flapat each end of said bottom-and projecting upwardly therefrom, and a pair of interlocking ears at each end of the said walls and adapted to enclose said flaps, said top being scored longitudinally along the middle and the halves thereof being provided, with aligned finger apertures, the

top being adapted to be bent up along its score line into arched formation whereby said apertures are brought into angular relation to form a carrying handle.

3. Ashipping container and carrier comprising a bottom, a pair of opposed side walls substantially parallel throughout, a top, and ends extending only part way to the top, said top being provided. on opposite sides of. the middle with a pair of aligned finger apertures, and the side wallsin the portion thereof above said ends, be-

ing adapted to be flexed toward one another to provide for arching of the top whereby said. finger apertures are brought into opposed relation for forming a handle.

4. A shipping container and carrier formed of flexible material and comprising a bottom, a pair of opposed side walls, a top, and ends extending only part way to the top, said top being scored along a median line and the halves thereof provided with aligned finger. apertures, the top being adapted to be bent up along its score line into arched formation whereby said apertures are brought into angular opposedrelation to form a carrying handle.

5. A shipping container and carrier formed of flexible material .and comprising a bottom, a pair of opposed side walls, a top, and ends projecting upwardly from said bottom and extending only part way to the top, said top being scored longitudinally along the middle and the halves thereof provided with aligned finger apertures, and a tab hingedly associated with and normally disposed in each aperture, said top being adapted to be bent up along its score line into arched formation whereby said apertures are brought into opposed relation to form a handle, and said tabs being adapted to be pushed in and disposed in over lying relationship for providing, withthat part of said top disposed between said apertures, a. grip of substantially rounded triangular crosssection.

6. A shipping container and carrier formed of flexible material and comprising a-bottom, a pair of opposed side walls, and a top, said top being scored longitudinally along the middle and the halves thereof provided with aligned finger apertures, and a tab hingedly associated with and normally-disposed in each aperture, said top being adapted to be bent up along its score line into arched formation whereby said apertures are brought into opposed relation to form a handle, and said tabs being adapted to be pushed in and disposed inoverlying relationship for providing, with that part of said top disposed between said apertures, a grip for carrying the container.

7. A shipping container and. carrier consisting of a blank of flexible material having two opposite end portions attached together for forming a bot-.

tom,- the blank being suitably scored to provide for formation of a pair of opposed side walls and a top, a flap at each end of said bottom and adapted to project upwardly therefrom; a pair of interlocking ears at each end of the side walls and adapted to enclose said flaps, said ears and flaps extending only part way to the top, said top being scored longitudinally along the middle and the halves .thereof provided with aligned finger adapted to be pushed in and disposed in overlying relationship to provide a handle grip.

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